UF students get involved with national election
UF students have spent hours phone banking, community organizing and speech writing this election to get their fellow students to the polls in the weeks leading up to election day Tuesday.
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UF students have spent hours phone banking, community organizing and speech writing this election to get their fellow students to the polls in the weeks leading up to election day Tuesday.
An East Gainesville firm could play a role in American astronauts’ return to the moon.
Sunny-headed rapper Tyheir Kindred, known as Yellopain, grew up in a house with up to 16 other people living in it.
The Alligator devotes itself to serving the UF and greater Gainesville communities. For that reason, we are releasing endorsements for candidates and amendments that will appear on the local ballot as well as our recommendation for the top of the ticket in an immensely consequential presidential election.
Mary Alford is an environmental engineer and Santa Fe College and UF graduate who owns The Sustainable Design Group, an architecture and engineering consulting firm. Alford’s projects aim to reduce carbon footprints.
U.S armed forces prohibit active-duty service members from engaging in partisan activities and have a tradition of neutrality. However, President Donald Trump’s recent comments on dead soldiers have veterans picking a side.
It was the part of the job interview where they ask fun questions. My interviewer, smiling through Zoom, asked “If you could bring one person to the UF to speak or perform, who would it be?”
In 35 years of owning a Gainesville gun shop, Suzanne Miller said she’s never seen gun sales increase at the magnitude of the last six months.
Kat Cammack
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden named California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate on Tuesday, making history by selecting the first Black woman to compete on a major party's presidential ticket and acknowledging the vital role Black voters will play in his bid to defeat President Donald Trump.
After an exhausting four hours of pushing, Adrianna Tousignant looked down. In her arms was a 9-pound, 1-ounce baby boy—it was one of the greatest moments of her entire life, she said.
Before Michael Dolce sent his daughter to college, he sat her down and showed her the number of recorded sexual assault cases on her soon-to-be campus. She thought the numbers were relatively low.
The Trump administration announced Friday that states can cancel federally required school testing this year to protect students and teachers, a measure that some states had requested as they shut down schools over the coronavirus pandemic.
As a Muslim, Wafaa Ateyah said she felt most vulnerable during the 2016 presidential election.
Floridians will help decide on the nominees for the Democratic and Republican presidential elections. Election day for the state’s presidential primary is March 17, but early voting is going on until Saturday. Florida is a closed-primary state, which means voters can only vote for candidates in their registered party. Gainesville voters can elect city commissioners, regardless of party.
The first time Brandon Abzug opened his criminology textbook, he saw the name of the man who murdered his high school classmates.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The "great American comeback" President Donald Trump claimed in his State of the Union speech drew on falsehoods about U.S. energy supremacy, health care and the economy as well as distortions about his predecessor's record.
While some might say the “united” in United States appears to be diminishing, a former senator and award-winning author believe they know a solution to reclaim unity: compromise.